Category Archives: News
USD 420 Osage City ending semester effective Wednesday due to increasing illness numbers
With more than a third of its students absent because of illness Tuesday, USD 420 Osage City has announced its schools will be closed for the rest of the fall semester effective Wednesday. Superintend...
Dec 13, 2022 USD 420 Osage City graphic.
The Garmin UNBOUND Gravel 350-mile registration will continue accepting entries until this Thursday
The Unbound Gravel registration for the XL 350 miles race closes this Thursday, selected entries will challenge their bicycling through the Flint Hills with zero support. This is the fourth year of th...
Dec 13, 2022 Unbound gravel 2022 / KVOE Photos Archive
Coffey County deputies respond to threat involving Waverly Elementary students
Coffey County deputies say they responded to a reported verbal threat involving Waverly Elementary students on Monday. The Sheriff's Office says there was a call regarding a threat allegedly made by o...
Dec 13, 2022 Coffey County Sheriff's Office logo.
President signs Respect for Marriage Act protecting interracial, same-sex marriages
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Thousands of people gathered on the White House South Lawn to commemorate the Respect for Marriage Act b...
Dec 13, 2022 President Joe Biden. Official photo.
Ten years later: National Teachers Hall of Fame representatives travel to Newtown, Connecticut, to pay respects on anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting
Ten years after the tragedy of Sandy Hook that saw 26 individuals lose their lives to gun violence, representatives of the National Teacher's Hall of Fame have traveled to Connecticut to pay their res...
Dec 13, 2022 Pictured left to right:
Jennifer Baldwin, Dr. Anthony Salvatore, Carol Strickland and Sally Conard. Photo courtesy of National Teachers Hall of Fame.
EMPORIA STATE: Contract adds performance-based incentives but ends tenure for new provost
Not only is Brent Thomas taking on a new role as the permanent provost at Emporia State University. He's an example of a new compensation concept for certain university staff. University administrator...
Dec 13, 2022 Brent Thomas. Emporia State University photo.
Flint Hills Technical College ready for winter commencement
Plans are in place for Flint Hills Technical College's winter commencement activities Friday, and President Caron Daugherty says it's a time for everybody to celebrate. The semester nurse pinning cere...
Dec 13, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Agreements between Kansas, CVS and Walgreens to bring state over $77 million for opioid services
The state of Kansas has secured another multi-million-dollar payout as part of settlement agreements on opioid medicines. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the state is getting at least $77 m...
Dec 13, 2022 Kansas Great Seal.
LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Identity theft case dismissed; hearings delayed in aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery cases
A preliminary hearing in a Lyon County identity theft was canceled Monday because the case against Jordan Nathanial Phillips was dismissed. Court documents indicate the request to dismiss came from pr...
Dec 13, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
USD 252 Southern Lyon County board schedules facility tour, crisis planning on agenda for Wednesday
Crisis planning, calendar dates and transportation fleet matters will all be discussed by the USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education on Wednesday. Board members have their regular meeting at ...
Dec 13, 2022 USD 252 Southern Lyon County logo.
